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Where does “sōt” come from?

sōt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sōt, from Proto-Germanic sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Ancestry of “sōt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sōt—
2Proto-Germanicsōtąsoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “sōt”

  • soot
  • sot
  • sooty
  • sottish
  • sooted
  • sottishness
  • besot
  • besotting
  • sootiness
  • sottishly
  • sootily
  • sootless
  • sootlike
  • besoot
  • besottingly
  • sottery
  • soot-oh
  • sootish
  • sootflake
  • sot
  • sote
  • soote
  • soot
  • sooty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →